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For stronger security and control, an increasing number of companies are creating private file sharing services on their current file servers using CentreStack. Offered by Gladinet, this platform simplifies access for remote workers from any device, including employees' mobile phones from any location. It also simplifies the migration process to the point where safe file sharing on existing file servers can be setup for all remote users in a matter of minutes without requiring that data be replicated to the cloud or transformed in any way.

These capabilities are important for companies that depend on file server data that still remains on-premises for reasons of compliance, security and control. or because a company cannot afford the costs and disruption of replicating data to the cloud. These costs can include user training to introduce new workflows, reconfiguration of folder permissions to factor out subfolders that don't have the same permissions as their parent folders, …

US Census data had 5.2% of the workforce or 8 million people working from home in 2017. Those numbers have of course skyrocketed in 2020 with more and more employees being asked to work from home.
The new trend makes it increasingly important to keep the work they are doing secure while maintaining high levels of productivity. This is especially important when it comes to secure file sharing - companies don't want sensitive information to become compromised.
VPNs have been the traditional method of providing secure remote access but file access and sharing over a VPN can consume a lot of bandwidth and VPNs tend to be a little difficult to use. For reasons like these, an increasing number of companies are moving to file sharing servers to improve work-from-home security and productivity.

We're certainly seeing a lot more interest in faster ways to facilitate work from home use cases without compromising data privacy, security or compliance. Mobile workers want to share folder over Internet and continue business as usual.

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28 Releases and 3,006 Code Check-ins!
Another successful year has passed for the development team at CentreStack. This article covers the enhancements and new features added during 2019 as we continue to address increasing interest in data privacy, sovereignty and control from businesses exploring options to modernize and mobilize their file servers on-premises or simplify file server migrations and hybrid deployments.

In response to partners who found it difficult to keep up with our weekly release schedule, we also reduced the frequency of updates to incorporate longer beta test cycles for each release by first releasing it in our hosted environment before shipping it to our self-hosted partners. We cut the number of build in half and lengthened the testing pipeline by 400%